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The person who died from injuries he suffered in a crash Wednesday near Spearfish has been identified. A vehicle driven by Richard Griffith, 47, of Whitewood, hit the side of a bridge on Acorn Ridge Road east of Spearfish, according to the Department of Public Safety. The vehicle went into the ditch and rolled. He was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle.

Watertown: Authorities say a Watertown man is dead after a bar fight last weekend. Codington County Sheriff Brad Howell says 40-year-old Jeremy Buol died Wednesday. An autopsy was planned, and the sheriff says more charges might be filed once the investigation is complete.

Sioux Falls: Authorities are looking for two suspects they say robbed a Sioux Falls business late Tuesday night. The two subjects entered Toppers Pizza just before 10:00 p.m. Police say one suspect distracted an employee, while the other pulled a firearm and demanded money. They took some cash then fled the scene.

One person was killed and another was hurt in a two-vehicle crash in Beadle County. According to the South Dakota Highway Patrol, the accident happened Sunday afternoon on U.S. Highway 14 about eight miles east of Wessington.

Two accidents involving children have school officials and police in Rapid City looking both ways. Cars hit two children six days apart in front of Rapid City elementary schools this month. The Rapid City Journal reports minor injuries resulted in the accidents at Wilson Elementary on Wednesday and at Robbinsdale Elementary last week.

A 35-year-old man died Tuesday night in a one-vehicle crash about four miles north of Sioux Falls. The name of the male driver is not being released pending notification of family. He was the only person involved in the crash.

One person died in a crash near Renner on Tuesday night. The South Dakota Highway Patrol said a 35-year-old man was driving a 1993 Chevrolet Suburban on State Highway 115 when he lost control of the SUV. The driver was ejected from the vehicle after it rolled in the ditch.

The South Dakota attorney general says a deputy-involved shooting in Sioux Falls was justified. The Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office asked the state Division of Criminal Investigation to review the September shooting of Christopher Sanftleben.

Mitchell: man was arrested Tuesday night for allegedly killing a woman by asphyxiation. Thirty-nine-year-old James Brinker is accused of stuffing a 36-year-old woman’s mouth with a sock, tying a cloth belt around her face, wrapping the woman in a blanket and leaving her on a mattress for a “significant period of time,” leading to her death, according to the Mitchell Police Division.

An Alpena hog barn was destroyed in a fire on Sunday evening, according to officials. At approximately 5:15 p.m. Sunday, a 911 call was received by the Alpena Fire Department about a hog barn on fire one mile north and one mile west of Alpena.

Authorities say a South Dakota state prison inmate has died. Corrections Department officials say 54-year-old Wade Aikins was found unresponsive in his cell Saturday morning at the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls.

Sioux Falls: cab driver was arrested after allegedly pointing a handgun at another cab driver during a dispute near the airport. Police say the two drivers clashed Wednesday evening over a parking space, and officers responded.

The Watertown Police Department says an officer was injured after being dragged about a half a mile during a traffic stop. It happened on North Highway 20 around 8:45 Saturday night. Police say the officer made a traffic stop, suspected drugs and the suspect took off.

Two Rapid City men charged with attempted first-degree murder in separate incidents pleaded not guilty on Monday. These comprise two of three such cases in Pennington County this year, compared with one last year.

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